Arthur Griffiths (1838 -1908) was a prison administrator and author who published more than 60 books during his lifetime. He was also a military historian who wrote extensively about the wars of the 19th century, and was for a time military correspondent for The Times newspaper. His later accounts of crime and punishment in England were "sensational and grotesque," designed to appeal to the baser fascinations of his Victorian readers. Their success led him to write mystery crime novels such as Fast and Loose, published in 1885.

Millbank Penitentiary, An Experiment of Reformation is a written history of Millbank Prison, from its building up to its last days.
Millbank Prison was a prison in Millbank, Pimlico, London, originally constructed as the National Penitentiary, and which for part of its history served as a holding facility for convicted prisoners before they were transported to Australia. It was opened in 1816 and closed in 1890. -Wikipedia
The early history of Millbank is interesting on many accounts. It was like a ship at sea, its life centred in itself, cut off from the great world,...

Originally published in 1900, Early French Prisons provides a chronological account of the origins and early history of French prisons, which covers the period from Feudal France to the French Revolution.
CONTENTS:
ORIGINS AND EARLY HISTORY
STRUGGLE WITH THE SOVEREIGN
VINCENNES AND THE BASTILE
THE RISE OF RICHELIEU
THE PEOPLE AND THE BASTILE
THE MAN WITH THE IRON MASK
THE POWER OF THE BASTILE
THE TERROR OF POISON
THE HORRORS OF THE GALLEYS
THE DAWN OF REVOLUTION
LAST DAYS OF THE BASTILE

Originally published in 1900, German and Austrian Prisons provides a history of the penal institutions in Germany and Austria, and includes the prisons of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Austria-Hungary. The crimes and the corresponding punishments of some notable prisoners are also included as well as, for some, a narrative regarding the pursuit after them.